look at the output! it access the same file both runs, just the first time it finds it and the second time through the foreach loop it doesn't. I'll try and write it your way while you look

notice the array it is scanning through has 4257 as it's first element and it's second. It finds the 4257 file through the foreach the first time, but then one the foreach move to the second element in the array, which happens to be the exact same as the first element, it can't find the same file it just found.

In reply to Re^4: Globbing for file in an unkown directory path only works first time in foreach loop? by MarsRover
in thread Globbing for file in an unkown directory path only works first time in foreach loop? by MarsRover

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